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PurpleAvenger
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I think, though am not sure, the federal maps are based on county-wide data, which Milw County may not meet. but there's tons of other data (that complies with federal law) showing the city, and neighborhoods in the city, are clearly economically distressed.

stimulus money needs to be targetted to those neighborhoods! (the federal stimulus law says that in allocating surface transportation funds, priority goes to "economically distressed" areas)

you might also want to post the DOL data showing the designation of the city of Milwaukee as economically distressed - the unemployment rate here is high enough that the city CLEARLY qualifies as econ. distressed for stimulus purposes.

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